Bottle-neck-clamping mechanism for cork-pullers.



No. 78,540. Patented Nov. II, 1902. E. WALKER. BOTTLE NECK CLAMPINGMECHANISM FOR CUBK'PULLERS.

(Application filed May 17, 1901.)

(No ujo'd'el.)

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s NOREIS mans co. Pno'raumo NITED- STATES EDWIN WALKER, OF ERIE,PENNSYLVANIA.

BUTTLE=NECK=CLAMPING MECHANISM FOR CORK-PULLEHS.

EEEGIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. '7 13,540, datedNovember 11, 1902.

Application filed May 17, 1901. Serial No. 60,682. (No model.)

To ztZZ 2071,0777, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, EDWIN WVALKER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Erie, in the county of Erie and State of Pennsylvania, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Bottle-Neck-OlampingMechanism for Cork-Pullers; and I do hereby declare the following to bea full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as willenable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make andusethe same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and tothe letters of reference marked thereon, forming part of thisspecification.

My invention relates to improvements in bottleneck-clamping mechanism,and particularly in clamping mechanism for holding a bottle-neck in linewith the corkscrew of a cork-puller, and has for its object theconstruction and attachment of a bottle-neckclamping mechanism to acork-puller, so that a bottle-neck of any ordinary size or shape can beclamped therein, raised up against the mouth of the cork-puller, andheld firmly therein during the operation of inserting the cork-pullerscrew into the cork and removing the cork from the bottle. I accomplishthese results by pivoting a pair of arms or jaws in the cork-pullerframe. below the mouth of the cork-puller on universal joints, so thatthey are capable of moving laterally and vertically on the pivotsthereof, and providinglever mechanism which operates both to move thejaws toward each other and also verticaily, so that the same leveroperates to close the jaws upon a bottle-neck and at the same time raisethe jaws upward, with the bottleneck clamped therein, until the end ofthe bottle-neck and the cork therein are firmly seated in the mouth ofthe cork-puller in line with the traverse of the corkscrewthereof andretain it in that position until the cork is withdrawn. This mechanismis hereinafter fully set forth and described, and illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a side elevation of acork-puller embodying my improved bottleneck-clamp ing mechanism. Fig. 2is front elevation of a portion of a cork-puller embodying my invention.Fig. 3 is a bottom view of the same.

puller frame in section.

of one of the arms or jaws and of the other arm or jaw in section. Fig.6 is an inside View in elevation of one of the arms and jaws thereon.

In the drawings thus illustrating my invention, A represents acork-puller embodying the usual reciprocating screw, abottleneck-receiving mouth in line with the travel of the screw,mechanism for operating the screw, and means for securing thecork-puller to a suitable support B, all of which may be of the usualand ordinary construction, except the lower end A of the cork-pullerframe, which I extend down belowthe rear of the mouth A of thecork-puller, with the front thereof preferably parallel with the line oftravel of the corkscrew C. In this projection A on the frame I pivot atransverse shaft D, having the ends 01 (1 thereof, which project beyondthe sides of the part A of the frame, flattened, and in front of thisshaft I make slots E E in the frame, the slotE being preferably narrowerthroughout thelower portion thereof than the slot E. In these slotsIplace a transverse shaft F, provided with a groove fto fit the narrowerslot E andprevent the longitudinal movement thereof, as clearly shown inFig. 4. On one end of the shaft F there is an operating-lever F, securedfor rotating the shaft F. Upon this shaft- F at each side of the frame Iplace arms or levers H, having open slots h in the rear ends thereofadapted to embrace the flattened ends cl of the shaft D and oblong holesh, adapted to receive the shaft 1 these features being clearly shown inFig. 6. On the inner faces of the front ends of these arms or levers III mount clamping-jaws I on pivots 11. The rear ends of these jaws aresquare and extend back to the face of the frame A, so as to travel upand down thereon. In the faces of the jaws I, I secure rubber or otherresilient gripping-surfaces 1, adapted to fit against a bottle-neck;

The outer surfaces of the rear portions II of the arms or levers H areinclined from the rear ends thereof to a point slightly beyond the pointwhere the shaft F passes through the openings h, so as to formcam-surfaces thereon, and on the shaft F, outside of the arms or leversII, I secure studs or cams f, which operate on the cam-surfaces H of thelevers or arms H when the shaft F is rotated, so that when the studs orcams f extend upward, downward, or forward the front ends of the arms orlevers H and the jaws I thereon are moved toward each other, and whenr0- tated so that the studs f extend rearward, as illustrated in Fig. 4,the front ends of the arms or levers H can be moved away from eachother. For example, if the lever F is moved backward in the directionindicated by the dotted line 0 in Fig. l the front ends of the arms Hwill be moved toward each other; but if the lever F is moved forward inthe direction indicated by the dotted lines a the front ends of the armsH will be moved toward each other and raised to the position illustratedby the dotted lines in Fig. 1, with the tops of the jaws I thereon incontact with the lower end of the cork-puller mouth A and the reversemovement of the operating-lever F at once returns them to their normalposition. (Shown in full lines in Fig. I.)

In operation the neck of a bottle is placed between the jaws I I. Theoperating-lever I is then moved forward in the direction of the arrow fwhich operates to clamp the bottle-neck and raise it up into the mouth Aof the cork-puller, Where it is firmly held by means of the lever Funtil the cork is withdrawn, when a reverse movement of the lever Flowers the bottle away from the cork-puller mouth A and opens theclamping-jaws I I, so that the bottle can be removed. 1

I have thus shown and described mechanism for the utilization of myinvention; but I am aware that many parts thereof can be modified, bothin their construction and arrangement, without departing from the spiritof my invention.

Therefore what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent ofthe United States, is-

1. Inabottle-necl; clamp for cork-pullers, a pair of arms or leverspivoted to the frame, and a hand-lever mechanism engaging said arms orlevers to move them toward each other and raise them, substantially asset forth.

2. In abottle-neck clamp for cork-pullers, a pair of arms or leverspivoted to the corkpuller frame, and a hand-lever mechanism pivoted inand operating said arms or levers, to move them toward each other andraise them substantially as set forth.

3. In abottle-neck clamp for cork-pullers, a pair of arms or levers,universal joints connecting the rear ends of said arms or levers with asuitable support, jaws pivoted to said arms or levers, and a hand-levermechanism mounted in and operating thereon, to move said arms or leverstogether and raise them, substantially as set forth.

et. In a bottle-neck clamp for cork-pullers, an extension on thecork-puller frame, a pair of arms or levers, inclined surfaces thereon,universal joints connecting the rear ends of said arms or levers withsaid frame, a shaft passing through said arms, an operating-lever onsaid shaft, and studs on said shaft adapted to engage the inclinedsurfaces on said arms or levers to close them toward each other andraise them when said shaft is rotated, substantially as set forth.

5. In a bottle-neck clamp for cork-pullers, a projection on acork-puller frame extending downward below the cork-puller mouth havinga slot therein, arms or levers at each side of said projection, openingsin said arms or levers, inclined surfaces on said arms or levers,universal joints connecting said arms or levers therewith, jaws pivotedto the front ends of said arms or levers, a transverse shaft passingthrough the slot in the frame and through the openings in said arms orlevers, an operating-lever on said shaft, and studs on said shaftengaging the inclined surfaces on said arms or levers to close themtogether and raise them when the shaft is rotated, substantially as setforth.

6. In a bottle-neck clamp for cork-pullers, a projection on acork-puller frame extending downward from the rear of the corkpullermouth parallel with the line of the travel of the corkscrew thereof, andhaving a longitudinal slot therein, arms or levers at each side of saidprojection having holes therein coinciding with the slotin the frame,and inclined surfaces on their outer sides, jaws pivoted to the innerfaces of the front ends of said arms or levers, resilient faces on saidjaws, a transverse shaft passing through the holes in the arms or leversand the slot in the frame, an operating-lever on said shaft, and studson said shaft engaging the inclined surfaces on said arms or levers,operating to move said arms or levers and the jaws thereon toward eachother and raise them when said shaft is rotated, substantially as setforth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

EDWIN \VALKER.

Witnesses:

HAROLD M. STURGEON, H. J. OURTZE.

